Systems and Methods for Scaling Data Warehouses

4. The method of claim 2, wherein adding additional processing resources comprises adding at least one additional processor to process the at least one request to process database data stored in the first data warehouse.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein adding at least one additional processor to the first data warehouse is accomplished without affecting a storage capacity of the plurality of shared storage devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the processing capacity would reach a threshold processing capacity comprises determining that a current query processing delay would exceed a threshold delay.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each processing resource comprises a processor and a storage device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage platform is physically separate from the plurality of processing resources of the first data warehouse.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing request comprises a data retrieval request or a data storage request.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein adding at least one additional processor to the first data warehouse is accomplished without affecting a storage capacity of the plurality of shared storage devices.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein determining that the processing capacity would reach a threshold processing capacity comprises determining that a current query processing delay would exceed a threshold delay.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein each processing resource comprises a processor and a storage device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the storage platform is physically separate from the plurality of processing resources of the first data warehouse.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the processing request comprises a data retrieval request or a data storage request.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein adding at least one additional processor to the first data warehouse is accomplished without affecting a storage capacity of the plurality of shared storage devices.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein determining that the processing capacity would reach a threshold processing capacity comprises determining that a current query processing delay would exceed a threshold delay.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein each processing resource comprises a processor and a storage device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the storage platform is physically separate from the plurality of processing resources of the first data warehouse.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the processing request comprises a data retrieval request or a data storage request.